Spring-clip



W. HALKET.

SPRING CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 21. 1920.

1,387,978. Patented 11g. 16, 1921.

' INVENTCI a W HALKE T UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM EALKET, OE HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, 'ASSIG-NOR TO L. D. VANVALKEN- BURG, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPRING-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

Application filed January 21, 1920. Serial No. 353,117.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HALKET, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Holyoke, in the county ofHampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spring-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in spring clips for holdingpapers and small articles together and its leading object 1s to provideva simple device of this character constructed in twopieces one of which1s provided with a spring for engaging the other, the two pieces ormembers being p1votally associated with each other so that the springwill exert tension against one of the members to hold terminalportlonspf both members toward each other, the device being soconstructed that the connectlng ears which permit of pivotal movement ofone member on the other cannot directly engage the surface of a desk ortable or other article byreason of the fact that the terminal portion ofsaid ears is prevented from direct engagement with the desk r tablesurface by reason of an offset portlon formed on the member engaged bysaid ears.

With the above and other objects in view this invention relates tocertain new and useful constructions, combinations and arrangements ofparts, clearly described in the following specification and fullyillustrated in the accompanying drawings, 1n which:

Figure 1 is a plan view.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Referring to the accompanying drawings 5 designates one of the levermembers which provides a jaw 6 and a handle 7. The lever 5 is formedwith trunnions 7 and 8 extending on opposite sides thereof into openings9 formed in the supporting ears 9 provided on the lever 10. The lever 10also provides a jaw 11 disposed in opposition to the jaw 6 and a handle12 is disposed in opposition to the handle 7.

The member 5 is formed with a rearwardly extending spring tongue 13preferably stamped therefrom and thus providing a rearwardly extendingslot 13. The terminal portion 13 of said tongue has contactlngengagement with the inner face of the lever member 10 and exerts atension against said lever member to hold the jaws 6 and 11 normallytoward each other.

The lever member 5 is formed with a raised or corrugated portionproviding a reinforcing rib 14 which substantially parallelsthe outlineof the member and which 1s raised at its forward portion slightly abovethe terminal portion of the ears 9, so that said ears will not directlyengage a table or desk surface. The rib is extended along the handle toreinforce the same against bending. The member 10 is formed with asimilar rib 10' which need not be raised as the forward portion of therib 14.

Having described my invention I claim:

A spring clip consisting of a pair of members, one of said members beingprovided nearer one end than the other with lateral ears provided withcircular openings and the other member being pro-vided with lateraltrunnions extending into the openings of the ears and providing apivotal connection between the two members, the first member having ahandle extending rearwardly from said ears and a second member having ahandle extending rearwardly' from said trunnions, the first memberhaving a relatively wide flat jaw extending forwardly from said ears anda second member having a relatively wide flat jaw extending forwardlyfrom said trunnions, said second member having the body of its jawoffset to prevent the terminal portions of said ears from contactingwith the flat surface on which the clip is associated, one of saidmembers being provided with a spring tongue formed integral therewithand deflected inwardly to engage the other member to maintain said jawsin contacting relation, each of the handles being connected to its jawby a diverging portion to permit of the assembly of the two members.

Signed by me at Holyoke, Mass.

WILLIAM HALKET.

